Gala Celebration Committee
Named for Performing Arts Center
Community and civic leaders and supporters,
Titan alumni and university representatives to lead in grand
opening of new Performing Arts Center.
May 12, 2005 :: No. 207
Comprising community and civic leaders
and supporters, Titan alumni and university representatives,
a gala celebration committee has been formed to lead the Jan.
14 and 15 grand opening festivities for Cal State Fullerton’s
new Performing Arts Center.
International opera star and Titan alumna Deborah
Voigt will headline the black-tie gala Jan. 14 in the 800-seat
Vaughncille Joseph Meng Concert Hall on the Marcy Arroues
Mulville Concert Stage. “Deborah and Friends”
will star Voigt, regarded by many as opera’s leading
dramatic soprano, and feature music alumni and students. Tickets
for the dinner and concert already have sold out.
Continuing Sunday, the celebration will include
a specially produced showcase — starring New York-based
alumni working in the musical theater arena — in the
James D. Young Theatre. Other musical theater and dance performances
will be presented in the Hallberg Theatre and William J. McGarvey
Family Dance Studio.
Honorary chairs for the committee are: alumnus
and State Superintendent for Public Instruction Jack T. O’Connell
(B.A. history ’73) of San Luis Obispo; CSUF President
Milton A. Gordon and Margaret Faulwell Gordon, dean of the
College of Extended and International Education at CSU Dominguez
Hills; plus Fullerton residents and CSUF donors William J.
McGarvey Jr., Mary E. Moore, Elaine Redfield and James D.
“Jim” Young, founding chair and emeritus professor
of theatre, and his wife, Dorothy.
Community members serving on the committee
include the following Fullerton residents: Chair Anne Key;
Maxine Allen, president of CSUF’s Art Alliance; Katherine
Allred-Blake, Gail Cochran, Pat O. Perkins and Eva Schneider
of the Marcy Arroues Mulville Memorial (MAMM) Foundation;
donor Lee Begovich; Jeanne Blum, president of CSUF’s
Music Associates; donors Janet Bridgford and Birthe Burnett;
Kristen Crellin, Orange County Teachers Federal Credit Union;
donors Patricia Florentine and Gabriele Genereux; community
volunteer Barbara Gregory; donor Gloria Harrison; Jean Klinghoffer
of the Friends of Jazz; donor Joyce Leong; community volunteer
Jolene Munson; donors Ann Myles, Kerry Phelps and Ingrid R.
Shutkin; and alumna Verne Wagner (B.A. business administration
’77) of the Presidents Associates.
Also serving are: Rancho Santa Margarita residents
and alumni Greg Christy (B.A. theatre arts ’85), founder
and CEO of Brite Ideas Inc., and his wife, Julia (B.A. theatre
arts ’84); Studio City resident and alumnus Marc H.
Cherry (B.A. theatre arts ’95), executive producer and
creator of “Desperate Housewives”; donor Kris
Elftmann of Newport Beach; alumna and donor Peggy Hammer (B.A.
speech ’66, M.A. teacher education ’70) of Placentia;
attorney and alumnus Christopher B. Mears (B.A. theatre arts
’78) of Irvine; alumna and Yorba Linda resident Katherine
H. Peters (M.M. ’79), vice president of human resources
for Narratus Inc.; and donor Lorin Robinson of Coto de Caza.
Media Contacts: |
Milly Muzzy, University Advancement,
657-278-7695 or mmuzzy@fullerton.edu
Gail Matsunaga, Public Affairs, 657-278-4851 or gmatsunaga@fullerton.edu |
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